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GB2522097B - Aircraft control system and method - Google Patents

Aircraft control system and method

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Publication number
GB2522097B
GB2522097B GB1418287.7A GB201418287A GB2522097B GB 2522097 B GB2522097 B GB 2522097B GB 201418287 A GB201418287 A GB 201418287A GB 2522097 B GB2522097 B GB 2522097B
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Prior art keywords
control system
aircraft control
aircraft
control
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Chad M Henze
Robert H Perkinson
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Hamilton Sundstrand Corp
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Hamilton Sundstrand Corp
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C11/00—Propellers, e.g. of ducted type; Features common to propellers and rotors for rotorcraft
    • B64C11/46—Arrangements of, or constructional features peculiar to, multiple propellers
    • B64C11/48—Units of two or more coaxial propellers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C19/00—Aircraft control not otherwise provided for
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C11/00—Propellers, e.g. of ducted type; Features common to propellers and rotors for rotorcraft
    • B64C11/30—Blade pitch-changing mechanisms
    • B64C11/306—Blade pitch-changing mechanisms specially adapted for contrarotating propellers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C27/00—Rotorcraft; Rotors peculiar thereto
    • B64C27/04—Helicopters
    • B64C27/08—Helicopters with two or more rotors
    • B64C27/10—Helicopters with two or more rotors arranged coaxially
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64C—AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
    • B64C29/00—Aircraft capable of landing or taking-off vertically, e.g. vertical take-off and landing [VTOL] aircraft

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US14/054,944 US9604729B2 (en) 2013-10-16 2013-10-16 Aircraft control system and method

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GB2522097A GB2522097A (en) 2015-07-15
GB2522097B true GB2522097B (en) 2016-01-06

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US10407163B2 (en) 2019-09-10
US20150104309A1 (en) 2015-04-16
GB201418287D0 (en) 2014-11-26
US9604729B2 (en) 2017-03-28
US20170137114A1 (en) 2017-05-18
GB2522097A (en) 2015-07-15

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